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EPHRAIM PUTNAM, OF SGHUYLER FALLS, NEW YGRK.

BARREL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,703, dated @ctober 18, 1 88'7.

Application filed December 15, ISES. Renewed September 13, 1887. Serial No. 249,590. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EPHRAIM PUTNAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Schuyler Falls, in the county of Clinton and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrels, and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in barrels in which the head can be readily and securely adjusted and be easily detached. I attain these results bythe mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichv Figure lrepresents a vertical section of the barrel with the head removed and the barrel open. Fig. 2 represents 'a vertical section of the barrel with the head in position and the barrel closed. Fig. 3 is a detailed view of the head ofthe barrel. Fig. 4 is a detailed view of the bar detached from the barrel. Fig. 5 is a detailed view of the fastening. 4

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The chines a a of the barrel A A are cut down so as to leave a shoulder, b b, on the inside of the barrel,upon which the head B B of the barrel rests when closed. A fastener, D D, is constructed of metal, having a shoulder, g

g, the projection' of which will be equal to the thickness of the barrel-stave. The shoulder g g of the fastener D D is provided with a slot, h h, in which a pin, ff, is attached, so as to allow it to turn in the slot. The pin ffis provided with a screw-thread extending from the point where it is fitted into the slot up to within a short distance of the top of the pin, which is made square, so as to allow the pin to be turned by a key fitted over it The fastener D D is riveted upon one side of the barrel, the chine of the barrel being cut away sufficiently to allow the shoulder g g ofthe fastener to project over the stave, and so the top of the pinff will be on a level with the top of barrel-chines On the opposite side of the barrel, in juxtaposition to the fastener f f,

a hinge, d el, is riveted, to which is connected a bar, G C, having in the opposite end a female thread, e e, constructed to fit and engage with the thread upon the pin ff.

The head of the barrel Bis constructed so as to closely fit within the chines c a of the barrel, resting upon the shoulders b b, and is provided with two cross-pieces, c c, placed parallel to and at such distance from each other as to allow the bar C to slip between them when the barrel is closed, these cross-pieces serving as handles to strengthen and keep in position the head B. p l

The operation of closing and opening the barrel is as follows: The head B is placed in position, fitting within the chines o a of the barrel,and rests upon the shoulder b b, having the cross-pieces c c on a line with the fastener D, so that when the bar C, working upon the hinge d d, is brought over the head B it will fit in between the cross-pieces cc. rIhe bar C is brought over the head B, the female thread e`e passing over the top of the pinff until it reaches the screw-threads on the pinff. A key fitting the top of pin f f is then inserted,by which the pinffis turned, causing the threads of the female thread e e to engage the threads upon the pinff sufliciently to hold the bar C firmly in place, the bar G being on a level with top of the barrel-chines. The barrel is opened by inserting the key upon the pinffand turning the pin f f, causing the threads of the slot e e and pin ff to disengage, and the bar C being lifted up, the head B isreadily removed.

What Iclaim as my invention, and for which I desire Letters Patent, is

l. The combination of a barrel having the chine cut down so as to form a shoulder for the head to rest upon and closely fit therein, with a hinged bar provided in one end thereof with a metal female screw-thread fitting and engaging with a screw -pin rotating in the shoulder of a metal plate fastened upon the side and top of the barrel, substantially as herein described,and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination of the barrel having the chine cut down so as to form a shoulder for the head to rest upon and fit closely therein, with a hinged bar provided with a female screw-thread on one end thereof passing over a threaded pin turning in the body of the bar- IOO rel and securing the head in position, subscrew-threaded pin by means of a key, 'substantially as described, and for the purposes stantiall'y as herein described and set forth. 1o herein set forth: In testimony whereof I afx my signature in 3. The combination of a. metal fastener pro presence of two witnesses. 5 vided with a screw-threaded pin rotating in a EPHRAIM PUTNAM.

slot in the shoulder thereof, with ahinged bar having in one end thereof a metal screwthreaded slot constructed to engage with the Witnesses:

P. F. NICHOLS, HENRY H. PARMEETER. 

